Cynthia said:
Ok OK I understand.
Sorry for my question.
Cynthia
Dear Cynthia,
No need to apologize. My point is simply that only a trained M.D. would know what combination of drugs is safe. What I meant was for instance, you should never take an MAOI and an SSRI at the same time. The combination can be deadly.
An Emergency Room doctors do blood screenings to be certain that ANY drug a patient is taking doesn't interact in a dangerous way with any emergency drug.
My emphasis here is on if a combination is safe or not.
If you don't feel comfortable with your doctor's knowledge in this, yes, seek out another opinion. And agreed, forgot who said this, but often a General Practitioner will know this. My gynecologist in Los Angeles knew to tell me that the anti-convulsants I am taking (Lamictal, Klonopin) affect the potency of birth control pills! In other words, my meds would lessen the effectiveness of a birth control pill, and I could get pregnant ON The Pill.
I thought this is what you were asking. No lecture here, forgive me.
Drug combos -- good doctors know this information. And I've also seen excellent doctors go to a PDR to double check if they weren't certain. As a matter of fact my GP wasn't sure if an antibiotic he wanted to put me on would be less effective in combo with the meds I'm on.... so he looked it up while I was in the office.
You're asking good questions. But the safety of a combination in the sense of your overall health is up to a good doctor to decide.
If you don't like this doctor, please find another.
Take Care,
You'll get this figured out, it takes time.
D 8)
He had suggestions on how to work around this.
